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Edward W. Brooke becomes the first African American U.S. Senator since Reconstruction. He serves two terms as a Republican from Massachusetts.
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Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. His murder sparks a week of rioting across the country.
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Shirley Chisholm becomes the first African American woman to be elected to Congress.
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Tennis player Arthur Ashe is the first African American to win the U.S. Open.
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Arthur Mitchell, an African American dancer with the New York City Ballet, founds the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the first African American classical dance company. It is now considered a cultural institution and a world-class company.
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The African American business magazine Black Enterprise begins publication, aimed at the growing African American middle class.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson founds Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity), an influential movement emphasizing blackAfrican-AmericanAfrican American economic advancement and education.
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Fifteen African American members of Congress form the Congressional Black Caucus to present a unified African American voice in Congress.
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